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Modern Interdisciplinary University Statistics Education:

Proceedings of a Symposium

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Size: 152 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1994

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Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-x
Opening Remarks	1-2	(skim)
Part I	3-4	(skim)
What Industry Needs	5-9	(skim)
What Academia Needs	10-13	(skim)
What the Government Needs	14-17	(skim)
A Larger Perspective	18-20	(skim)
Discussion	21-26	(skim)
Educating Statisticians for the 21st Century	27-30	(skim)
Modernizing Statistics PhD Programs	31-40	(skim)
Respondent	41-46	(skim)
Respondent	47-51	(skim)
Discussion	52-58	(skim)
Part II	59-60	(skim)
Some International Perspectives	61-66	(skim)
Discussion	67-71	(skim)
A University Statistics Program Based on Quality Principles	72-85	(skim)
Chance: A Course About Current Chance News	86-90	(skim)
Modernizing Graduate Programs in Statistics-Case Study	91-97	(skim)
Respondent What is Interdisciplinary Research?	98-109	(skim)
Respondent	110-116	(skim)
Discussion	117-130	(skim)
Appendix A: Speakers and Session Chairs	131-136	(skim)
Appendix B: Symposium Participants	137-139	(skim)

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This book examines how the discipline of statistics should respond to the changing environment in which statisticians work. What does the academic, industry, and government customer need? How can the content of courses and of the overall statistics educational experience be arranged to address the customer's needs? Interdisciplinary needs are described, and successful university programs in interdisciplinary statistics are detailed.

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